The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-22 00:00:00

I I inclose lei your information a sfitienie'nt of ti;; various equipMent'S which have proceeded wi th the now corks no on ieiviCe in Portugal, Which, subjeti to the Waite that has Since taken place, will enable you fn judge of the means immediately Within , your reach (or the eguiPMent of Your army. I also send a similar statement with respea to the corps assenibled` at FalMouth, under the 'orders of Lient.-General Sir David Baird. Whatever supplies ' you may wish to receive, not" therein included, Will be immediately forwarded from hence. . With respect to provisions, the principle Aipon which I have gted has been to send three months prdvisions in viCtuallers, with every corps that has moved, exclusive of the provisions in their trans ports, which may be averaged at about ten weeks additional consumption. This supply, aided by the cattle to be procured for the troops when -on shore; may be deemed 'as . considerably exceeding a supply for six months. And as provisions for ... 4 0,000 men for three Months are ordered to be embarked, and constantly kept up . as a depot here, then: will be ho difficulty 'in sending you, at the shortest ne tice, such supplies as you may think maybe more" Conveniently introduced by sea, and for which you may not think it prudent to .depend on the resources of the country. A large proportion of biscuit has been sent in the victuallers, that you may be relieved from the inconvenience of baking when the troops are in Motion. With respe& to the plan of operations, on:Which it may be most expedient to employ youi Corps, 'when assembled and ready for services, there will be roll time, b fore your equipments are completed, for concerting this with the Commanders of the Spanish Fcirces. I shall lose no time in forwarding to you from hence such information as I may have been enabled to collect ; and I am to recommend, that you will take !lie necessary measures for opening a commu nication with the Spanish authorities, for the pur pose of framing the plan of the campaign, on which it may be advisable that the respe6tive armies should • ad in concert. His Majesty has been pleased to dire&, that the command it; which you are employed, should be con sidered as akin& sand separate from that of Portugal; YOU will continue to communicate with the officer in the chief conimand at Lisbon,and a6l in concert with hirn, as may be most for the advantage of his Majes ky'a service: I have the honour to be, &c. . (Signed) CASTLERBAGII. 'TO tittit,-Ger, Sir John Moore, K.B. &c. I . To cdninued I PRICE OF STOCKS.. • • THU DAY A T TWZLVII. O'CLOCK • Ltont.ola . - 67/ I Cons. Or Acc. - • ff RE SUN. SOLIM QUi. WIC!tRI IPAISUU AtIbIIAT LONDON, WEiNESIJAY,, MARCH £2, 1899. The imperieuse . Frigate, Lord COCHRANE, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, from Cadiz, and his Lord. zhiP came to town last night, and, immediately al- 1 . tended at the Admiralty with Dispatches of the utmost from the Spanish Government The substance of these Dispatches, of course, has not transpired ; but we understand that the accounts which he has brought ate of a most satisfaaorynatui . e. The spirit bf independence which prompted the Spa niards last year to make such noble eilorts to thro‘y off , the French yoke; does not appear to have been at all depressed by the advantages which the French hpve obtained. In almost, every part of Spain, the inhit bitants were rising en masse, and had attackod and defeated several small parties of French. The Army of General Cu Esn'amounted to 3500 Cavalry, and 2 1,000 Infantry; it was; according to the last ac counts, 'stationed on the Frontiers of Estremadura. The latest accounts from Portugal are of the gb th nit: At that time every thing was perfealy tran . Till. The French had not entered that Kingdom. Sir ; 1101111 RT WiLsoir, with a considerable body of Tro o - s , p was on the frontiers of Portugal. TRIM is reason to hope that the state of affairs in Sweden is pot of so alarming a nature as has been represented. It appears that two regithents of the Local Militia, which were stationed on . the bOrders of Norway, commanded by General AuDzItSi'ARRIt, addressed a complaint to Gm-et-mm - 2m, throug h him, -- - on the want of a regular supply of provisions, Sce The General is supposed to be inclined to French principles, and he gave encouragement to their mu. tinous disposition. An event very honourable to the B wfxlish army resulted from this circumstance . , iol" tile Norwegians, conceiving that this supposed nnsunderstanding between the •Sweelish troops in tenerai and the Government, presented a good op. I)oitunity for them, menaced an invasion of the Country. The refraetory Swedes immediately issued a Manifesto, signifying that their complaints wen! an domestic grounds, andwould not prevent thein from the most resolute defence of their Country. It seeing' that ALDERSPARRE was one of the discontented rucn who to few years ago opposed Government in the "lief., and relinquished his rank and privileges as a Nehlemb, and has made this ungrateful return to the. King, who endeaVoured to soothe his party by giving him a high military trust. A Letter has been received from an - Officer ot hoard the Lively, dated 7th March, thou off Mamia, htnall place of the Nosilt Coast of Spain, where they were e mployed in affording assistance to the S t apish Patriots. ESEC 0 't_-7D EDTTIOns Sulv-oFFICk. THlter, o'cLoC - 4, r. , stop, the Presi to titate,•that the' following Telegraphic Dispatch has just reached the Adraira4 dlialymouth " GOVERNOR OI CADIZ MURDERED." u THE ENGLISH IN GREAT FAVOUR." Our PlymoUth Letter, of Olio day states, that :here were some disturbances at Cadiz, and it ap- pears obvious, from. , the above Telegraphic Us. patch,•that the Inhabitauts,of padiz suspected the Governor of treachery, and therefore infliaed sum- tnai-y. punishment upon him. NAVAL NEWS: PLYMOUTH, MAR4H 20.---Arrived His Majesty's Ship iniperieuse, Capt. Lord COCHRANE, from Cadiz arid Gibraltar, with dispatches,- with which Lord COCHRAN'S set off for London this morning.—She brings intelligence that great disturbances took place at Cadiz among the lower orders of the people, Pre vious to her leaving that Port, and that they had actually got possessign of the money lately brought there from South America.,. Arrived the French Lugger La Itlancey, from Bayonne, laden with bread and Provisions for the supply of the French army in Spain ; she was cut out of St. Sebastian's aboOt a month since, by the Boats of the Arethusti and ,Resistance Frigates, whu destroyed five other-Vesseli of the like description in the same pldce. Also arrived the British Sloop Parerjun, BROWN E, , from Bermuda bound to Lon don laden with turpentine ;. and the Cutter, Busy, BaLL, from Lisbon bound to this. Port, laden klitil fruit. • It was the 4fricaine Frigate which sailed `from lence on Saturday last, and not the Thetis. Sailed a Man or War Brig with a Convoy to the Bastinhird; and' a Gun-brig with n Convoy to the Westward. FALMOUTH, MARCH 19,-- r Arrived the Portu guese Sehooner , Nuopodesa,. horn Oporto. She sailed from thence on the .f22d.ult' in company with about, ten, other Vessels, under,convOy of his Ma jesty's Ship Adonis, and parted from them off this Port yesterday. YAIMOUTII, MARCH. 20...—Saika his Mltjesty's Ship Si.alely, for Gottenburgb, having on board Ad miral BERTIE. Arrived his Majesty's Ship Melpomene from the Downs, and remains in the Roads with his Majesty's Ships Bellerophon, Aboukir, Princess Caroline, and several smaller Vessels. I)EAr.,, MAttot 2t.--Sailed his Majesty's Ship Skylark on a cruize. ...... SHEERNESS, MARCH 2t.--The Roebuck was paid up to six months, and sailed iiniuediaielyfor y ar .: mouth to hoist Admiral B. DOUGpAS'S Flag. POETRY. LiNES PROM AI3I3RDEEN. Woo, hrldister Prrisasab,4 After all that's been said ► Sure nothing than this can be truer — That the Word of a Prince Is as like to convince As the ()alb of a liloor or a Brewer, * lb Aberdeenshire the letter IF, is pronounced as F. • - - . We yesterday announced the capture of the Pro. ierpine Frigate. She waacaptured by two large French Frigates, La Ptne/ope and Li Pludineare, 'From the French official accounts it appears, that the Preserpiiie had been very audacious, frequently standing 60 close to the shore as to look into the port ot Toulon.' This provoked the .French Ad miral, who sent out against her the two above-men tioned Frigates. Once she escaped by flight, but on a second,occasion her pursueri came up with her about half-past tout in the morning. Art engage went ensued, which was fought close along Side tar three-quarters of an hour, at length the Proserpine ' struck to her two opponents. The enemy states the Proserpine to have had t men killed and 15 wounded, and that both the French Frigates Came out of the itaion without the loss of a man killed or wounded. This i,i of course a falsehood, She was carried into Toulon.. • It is said that Lady CHARLOTTR is re stored to her family) and that the misunderstanding - 1 which gave rise to her .flight hes been happily ex-, planted," Such .an event would doubtless be gratif lying to every liberal mind; but it would be strange indeed, it after all ;the reports which have been so confidently circulated, matters should have taken so amicable anti happy a turn. . COIO44.;CLIAN GE, M4HCH ate .not many fresh arrivals. of Wheat or.liarley, but tolera • ble remaining supplies, chiefly second and ordinary , which kis dull of sale, and !rather lower, but fine samples of these articles support their last prices; Maltat less ; White Pease, mach cheaper and a tan ', ing article; Grey, aed ileans.a. the two kind vary 'but 'little:; the supplies of Oats are considersble, mostly inferior, but finesamples are (Jeerer ; —Flour hardly supports the prices generally quoted. HOOSE , OF PEERS, TUESDAi', MARCH, 2!. Mr. T. Clarke waS heard in the ApPeal . ,the Rev. Dr. Playfair, and other Professors of . the University of St. Andrew's: v. Dr. James-MacdonaH, and other Professors of the satno Llniver,siryourther hearing . ,on Tuesday next.... The American Freight Importation, Bill, and the Newfoundland "Judicature Bill, were "brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. Lord LivEat!oot.. presented certain papers; pur inapt to an' Address of the Houso dike tOth Ordered to lie on the table. I'h6 Matine Mutiny Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be Couimitted.--,Adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. • TUESDAY, MARCH 21.1 , A Message from the Lords announced their Lord ships assent to certain public and private Bills, - Sir IL fizELE opposed the committal of the Man chester 'Water Bill, on the grounds of its being against the wishes of the people. A long desultory conversation followed, in which Sir OSWALD MOSELY, Mr, H. Bitowx, and other Hon, Members participated. After which the Gallery was cleared: We under stand a division did not take place, but that the 'mole was postponed; Mr. JOHNSTONE bid before the Home, the 11C* catints of corn imported from freland Withinthe last year, wlsich were ordered to lie on the table. . REPORT OF NAVAL. REVISION. Mr. WELLESLEY POLE brought up the Tenth Re-... port of the, Commissioners for Naval 'Revision. Sir C. POLE, in ,a speech of considerable length, expatiated with great ability on the necessity of guarding against negligence in every thing relating to nasal affairs. He then read extracts from certain reports before the House. Accounts, it appeared, had remained miliquidated for more than 20 years; this was a circumstance, which he could not approve of. He then spoke in high terms orthe meritorious exertions-of the Committee appointf,d, He had felt it his duty to call the attention of the House to this , subject, and he with pleasure availed hitnielf of an opportunity to do so before the Nivy Estimates were produced. He concluded, movie l; as a Resolution, that that Honse were of opinion, that neither of the, plans submitted to them by the ComnibiSioners for' Naval Revision; were likely to be produaive of any other effeas than were in themselves.the tnoit belle.. ficial, but the Committee were 'apprehensive that' ' unless men were seleaed whose former services had recommended them to notice, men of approved ta , lents, unremitting assiduity, and long experience, those advantages which might Otherwise be ex-' petted to result from them would be lost to the public. Mr. WARD said be thought, no man, .at all con versant with public business, cpuld need be infouned Het that responsible offices should only. be given to' Men of ability, experience, &c. He, however objeCled to the motion, as, in his opinion, its obje& was to past an indite& censure on thepresent Boardof Admiralty,. if the Hon. Member disapproved of some of theit arrangerrients, in his opinion he would have done better to have come forward openly, and pointed out in what instances he thought their entidua censura ble. As, from some of his observations, 'it appear ed the mode of victualling the Navy, gave him of fence, he wished to know if he had any grounds for censuring theserespeaable men who bit at.the Vic tualling Board. Could he censnre the Chairman; a man of unimpeachable respeaability, 'whose name alone was sufficient to excite esteem ? Could he censure the Deputy Chairman (Mr. Towne) ?. he object" to Mr. Boscawen because he was a Law yer ? Formerly no Lawyer was permitted ,to hold such a situation, but latterly the law which prohi bited them had been disrega'ded. For his part he felt no hesitation in saying, that for various reasons, it was extremely proper a Lawyer should hold such a situation. i)id the Hon. Member objet to the appointroents of Hawkins and Brown, who had been appointed in eonseqnence of the suggestions of those men, whom he had stated needed only to be mentioned to be praised?. WOuld the Hon. Baro net state any objealions to those appointments ? He wished the Hon. Gentleman would discard al I ant come forward openly, " take his hand from his mouth," and declare distinBly where the objec tion if he wished to. do justice to the present Board of Admiralty, lie would, have gone deeper in to the sdhjeet, and declared what ought to:have- been done. The lion.. Gentleman then stated that in 170' it was-asserted that an ingnify into maval , af fairs would have proved detrimental to the public service ; bnt nt the same time, it was set forth, that many months should not ; elapse ,after the con clusion of a peace before an ample intitiiry ..should take place. Bet this prinuised inquiry was : never niade. a mentioned :this to prove that the present Board of Admiralty, at a time when Eitp,iand h a d a n 'the navies of the world to combat, had done what others could not do, under less unfavourable cir cutristances.. , The present Board at Admiralty had been but 'a few months in office before they brought up the immense errear which their predecessors had failed to bring forwnrd. He could not, therefore, think it just 'to put that on the journals of the House, which might induce posterity to think they had been remiss in the disclarge of their duty,' and which, in effect, censure Lord Mulgrave, and the Board of Admiralty, as having plaCed per sons in responsible situations Who were incompetent to the discharge of the duties attached to their ap pointments. This obloquy was unmerited, it was indeed inconsistent with some of the reports which had been made by the Coiomittee. With respeet, to the removals which had taken place, hi had only to say, that Mr. Marsh, though a very resp•Etable `man, was disqualified by - age from pellet-Ming the 'duties of his office, as was Mr. Budge by ill-hcalth. The Hon. Gentleman then -justified the appoint -milts of Admire Domett, Capt. Stitwart, and Col. Wadi, He wished the House to note,' that at the time Colonel Welch was appointed, no snggestions whatever had been received iron) the Commissioners f o r Naval Revision ; he was appointed in August, 1807, and the report of the Committee did not reach the Adtuiralty till Sept, 1804 ; he had, therefore. it was obvious, been appointed in the regulor way.-- . . . . . ... ,en proceeded to spenk of the ci: - c - .7 - . - ricir.-.- "'. oluncl N'v'tlr....h boing an (ifii‘r ih- , thi, t: -'.,. v,...., ~ Mr. W.HiTBREA) spoke tC , ordt.r. ....: ..; ~ - . Crlttlerrian,was . not referring: to any . thin: t H.. • ed in that discussibn, and it was rather t;..,0 nit c', :, go bnck to reply to what had passed thtf. , e, v' , ,..-': ago.. __,_, .. , Mr. WARD briefly repliei, and went on to that as he thought the lion. Baronet meant to int. imie blame to the Admiralty, itt.• conceived he I d right to know on what he gr4unded censure. He then spoke of the propriety of appointing mili tary Officers to be, on, the Corornittee. Mein the different' 'Modes of viOnalling - ithe army and navy, and from the circumstance of a ;difference Ways made between the rations fOr troops etriharlied for foreign service, .and those of seamen, he salted` again and again, that, in his opinion, it was propei' to have an Army Commksioner at the Board. Hi: . then adverted to the merits of those 'appointed Sp.oke of the reSpeCtability of their families, &c. and cohcluide4 by stating, that the Hon. 'Baronet had ; not given one single reason, nor even the 'shadow, of a reason, for t ensuring the Board of Adiniraity. would admit it " a truism," that men of ability should be. seleeted to serve the public; btit the pro posed resolution, it his opinion, went to censure the Board. of Admiralty lanjustly, in as much as DO . evi deuce had been ildd‘iced to prove its arrangements were such as to merit that degree, of obloquy he Would caston them.' • , Mr: H. Miims Said, he had never heard Moro warmth nor less argument than in the speiCkitrat: delivered by ads: lion. -l Oentlernati. The tact was, the Adiniralty' had dismissed, or allowed 'retire, • Mr. Marsh, who preside& at the Vielualling,Boani; tinder pretence of his age and infiamities,lecause the•accottots were in arrear, and had appointed person much the senior of him they had removed ; and the pdrson so appointed hod been longer in she • Vidualling Office than any other, so that if bad , • habits were en Obje6lion; they applied in full force to him. Mr. Budge had also been removed; without any application on his part ; 'and' Mr'. Mo9dy, why was allowed to be one of the best accountants in ahe country; and if it were true that the accooots • of the office were se tretnendously in errear as had been • represented; e it' Was very extraordinary they should gel rid of such a man, who was in all respeala so capable of forwarding I hem. Mr. BASTARD vindioated the motives had'. actuated his Hun. Friend . (Sir C. Pole) in propOsiog this . Resolution. was sertes tit hear his able Friend, who had disco( ertal" such untibrm s.eel for the discovery and correction •of attA' with so much harshness as he heti experienced night. We had heard of a Board connoted wish the Navy tieing so vicious, that the business alsoletely could not go an. The Resohitian of his lion. Eked went to prewnt these abuses fcr the al ere ; was his opinion, that if the Members of any. Board did not do their duty, they should rather, be punish. ed than pensioned.. ; , Mr. WELLESLEY POLE addressed the House at sOmelengtin He did not mean to.stYea'k disrespect. fully of such Members as had been removed front the Vi&ualling Board, but maintained' that such measure became neceasary, from a perplexity which sometimes occurred in their accounts, which he - dal not mean to impute to design, hos' to an ell - pee:lns system upon which they had been secostomed to aZit. In support of his opinion the l ' • i fen, G a le n - tleman tailored some pasiaees , from t R e a port of the Commissioners of - Naval , where- of the Honourable Gentleman who brooght ward the motion was Chairman, to., prove that their conchs& had not been sufficiently serict in passing' the accounts whieft Were stibmitted to thcheinyeati- • get ion. From the Report it appeared t hitt up wards of .4000 casks had retrained in use of ter alley were re ported to have been sent oft' or de!"urozed. ltr Itni accounts of 3 SIOTaCt;pC7 it appeared he hadat great surplus of rum on board when there. was aecoresi-: (terrible deficiency in the article of brarelye e The storekeeper had explained that incoasistency, ever, by spying, that in the hurry in which the Dec/ liras sonietimett - supplied, the one. liquor might-have been given for the other. Whh that explanation the Board appeared satisfied, and passd hiSaccoutes, Witheait making Of objeaion to his having deliver• ed en' article of a greater prices* one of e less. la the article of pork, 3768 - pieces of six, Pounds each, remained in the stores, whilst there waa'a great de ficiency in the • number of (OUT pound pieces.. The • storekeeper said, that circumstance r i eest h as . e ar i sen from the four-pound pieces having' been delivered out by mistake - for pieties of six pounds. In -the article of brsad too, there was 'a surplus of 7085 poundi, which the storekeeper endeavoured to acs count fur, by supposing that a greater quantity or floor'had been constutied in pastry than was a4nally the feel. Yet notwithstaeding 'all those 1 true at- - tempts to account for the inaccuracy of his accounts, the storekeeper had theM all passed by the iloard, and, what was more' strange,. the tioneurable Geos Ileman who 'matie the motion that night, and vt.bo was at the flamingo(' the ItepOrk had taken 'no no tice of the sobjeet ever since to the House, nor did he take any steps toTheck a similar occurrence dur ing the ten months he was at the Board of Atli - Meshy. The:Houourable Speaker then detended4he of the present Lords ,af the idtuiralty itt arming the, alterations in the constitillion . of the Vieluallh,g Board, for -aOtivh they hail been blitmed. He, said that Mr. Wady was of rmitted to retire at his ow'e request, alien a service of leity-nine years, w hen his heelth anti sight ukre much impaire'd, and al lowed to continue to drew t hree,fourtha of ins try. That Gentleinao had solicited forbeing allot (ci to retire upon his whole .salary, and the First Lord f the Admiralty. Who. heil'heen setiafied With lee r. vices:, was at first disposed to grant ids request. het as no precedent appeared for such an arrang•etitelit, he - coeld only allow what he at preSentpossessed.-- Mr. Mush plso had been allowed to retire on al-emelt of bodily infirmity, which had affeeled hint to suah u degtee e that .he had not attended the Board for eight Months before his removal. On their r,,rnoi4ll, Lord MUlgrave ordered that the two fittest persona should be appointed to succeed them who Caine.. SOthie the description of persons retommended by the Commissiottera of Naval Revision, and the SOLIS so seleded had been found well deSatVing el their situations, and not at all known to, o r co 1 ! netted with, Lord Molgrave, or with any hivre latiOns or political frieeda, 'fhi oee Lad been Porter to Lord Howe, aud tho other held the &tine hi4Vati4,ll Otider Lord Keith. -4=